# CVE-2020-11278: Denial of service in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

> Attackers can cause denial of service in Qualcomm Snapdragon devices via improper validation in host WMI command handling.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mw9h-x2gx-jjfr

## What is CVE-2020-11278?

CVE-2020-11278 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 22 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Possible denial of service while handling host WMI command due to improper validation in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer Electronics Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-617 (Reachable Assertion)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11278?

It affects 377 products.


Products: Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8031 Firmware, Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6620 Firmware, Qualcomm Csra6640 Firmware, Qualcomm Csrb31024 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq5010 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq5018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6005 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6010 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6028 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8070 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8070a Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8071 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8071a Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8072 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq8072a Firmware and 357 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11278?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11278 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-11278 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware

- [CVE-2025-21479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21479/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-21480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21480/): Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Incorrect Authorization (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-28562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28562/): Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in QESL (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-40514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40514/): Buffer copy without checking size of input in WLAN Firmware (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22096/): Memory corruption in Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11278 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11278 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware, published on 22 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11278 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Qualcomm Aqt1000 Firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11278/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11278/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11278
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11278
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11278

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11278/
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